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Image description: A letter with the oxstu logo being placed into a pigeon hole. By this point, it would probably be redundant to talk about how different term, and by extension OxStu, is going to be this Hilary. Instead, I want to let you all know about what I’m personally most excited for over the […]
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Image Description: Serene Singh wearing a red floor-length dress and a silver crown on her head; around her shoulder is a sash with the title ‘National All-American Miss’, and in her right arm she is holding a bouquet of white flowers. To end our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series, our final fantastic interviewee is Serene […]
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Image Description: Isabel Adomakoh Young wearing a pale green hat and baby blue shirt. Isabel Adomakoh Young joins our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series this week. An inspiring writer, actress and activist, a lot of her interests blossomed at the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate studying English. From there she has had her own […]
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Image description: Alexis McGivern smiling, wearing a green scarf and a black shirt In our final week of Michaelmas Term, our ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Alexis McGivern, an aspiring conservationist and 1 + 1 MBA student at the University of Oxford. Her passion for climate change has taken her to the International Union for Conservation […]
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Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open. All applications consist of a written application and following this you may be called to an interview with the new Editors in Chief for Hilary Term, 2021, Robert and Issy. News Team applicants may also be required to send in an example […]
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Image Description: Kuli Kohli performing at the British Museum, 2019. Forming part of our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series is poet and creative writer, Kuli Kohli. I first came across her in a recent BBC article which described her story about the challenges that she has faced as a disabled woman and how her poetry […]
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Image Description: Matt Emmerson standing in front of a desert landscape This week our ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Matt Emmerson, a third-year medical student at Lincoln College. Alongside working hard in his studies, Matt has played an active role in his College and in the wider University. Formerly Lincoln JCR’s sports representative and a Lincoln […]
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Image Description: White text “The Oxford Union Presidential Candidates” on a dark blue background with a photo of Adam and a photo of Geneva. In the run-up to the Union elections tomorrow, Profile Editor Isaac Healey sat down with both candidates for President, Adam Roble and Geneva Roy, to find out their thoughts about, and […]
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Image Description: Professor Patricia Daley smiling, wearing a purple shirt To commemorate Black History Month and beyond, the Profile editors of the Oxford Student have been interviewing Black academics and students this to explore their personal experiences and learn about the important work that they do at the University of Oxford and beyond. Join us […]
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Image Description: Penny Ehrhardt This week’s ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Penny Ehrhardt, a Public Policy Consultant and a DPhil student in Law at the University of Oxford. Last year, Penny was shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor’s Diversity Awards for being an inspiring champion and role model. While preparing my interview questions for her, I quickly […]
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Image Description: Gina Martin in front of a blue background Trigger Warning: Discussion of upskirting, sexual assault and rape Next up in our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series is Gina Martin: campaigner, speaker and writer who took on the government to make upskirting (taking a sexually intrusive and non-consensual photograph up someone’s skirt) illegal in […]
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Image Description: Lucy Tirahan holding a sign that says ‘World Food Week’ This week we are continuing our ‘Student Spotlight’ series with a student activist who has pushed for positive change, both in her college and in the wider University. Lucy Tirahan, third-year English Language and Literature student at Lincoln College, has achieved a lot […]
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It feels almost too obvious to state that thirty-one days could never come close to being enough time to celebrate and commemorate the numerous achievements of Black people in this country, let alone the world. In this series, we set out to mark the period from the perspective of Black History being something multifaceted and […]
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At the start of term, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ibrahim Mohammed, better known as Ibz Mo, for our ‘Student Spotlight’ series. Educational Influencer, YouTuber, Cambridge graduate, lawyer in the making, and now Oxford postgrad, Ibz’s resume is undeniably impressive. However, what really marks him out is his inspiring story and character. Anyone who […]
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Image Description: Ella Daish standing in front of a mural of a turtle As our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series continues, I was lucky enough to interview Ella Daish, a pioneering environmentalist whose activism has led to the removal of plastic in menstrual hygiene products across various supermarkets and manufacturers. Last year she was recognised […]
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Image Description: Klaudia Krawiecka wearing an OXWoCs jumper, holding a silver laptop In continuation of our ‘Student Spotlight’ series, we have Klaudia Krawiecka, a doctoral student in Cyber Security at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. She was recently shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor’s Diversity Awards in 2020 for her inspiring work […]
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Image Description: Zeinab Ali To commemorate Black History Month, the Profile editors of the Oxford Student will be interviewing Black academics and students to explore their personal experiences and learn about the important work that they do at the University of Oxford and beyond. Join us in hearing some of the voices in our University […]
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As we enter a new academic year at the University of Oxford, the Profile editors of the Oxford Student have introduced a new ‘Student Spotlight’ series which will span the eight weeks of Michaelmas term. We aim to celebrate and raise awareness of a selection of empowering student activists who are committed to making the […]
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Image Description: Naomi Kellman 2020 has coincided with the anniversary of women’s admittances at various colleges at the University of Oxford. Not to mention that this same year has marked a hundred years since women first collected their degrees from the Sheldonian Theatre. To celebrate this, we have put together a ‘Womxn on the Move’ […]
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